- Said it's certainly not the outcome they wanted, but he's proud of the way they competed. You have to play your absolute best to best Alabama, and they just didn't do that for four quarters.
- Felt the deflected pass for the INT was a game changer.
- He told the team after the game that they did some really good things, but you have the elite on the road. Says he knows nobody wants to hear this, but they're not at that point right now, but thinks they're going to get there.
- Says he's excited for the Florida game. Six of the last seven games have been decided by one score.
- Thinks Florida has some great wins (Tennessee) and praises Graham Mertz for his play this year. Says the offense is built around the run game and using play action to set up deep shots.
- Says Jayden Daniels is day-to-day. He's going through the concussion protocol so they'll see how it plays out. Says they want to protect the QB and says the replay officials had plenty of time to look at it and didn't call it. They sent it into the league office because he felt the hit "checked all the boxes" of targeting.
- "Could we have spied the QB? Absolutely." Said there were third downs where they wanted to play coverage because they believed the d-line could hold Milroe in the pocket.
- Says they're playing the players that give them the best chance to win. Thought the defensive line was battling and physical and didn't knock them off the ball. Says they did well in the run game outside of Milroe.
- Said they didn't run the ball at all in the fourth quarter because they got behind. They felt their run game wouldn't be as effective against the Bama defensive line.
- Says they're going to make sure Nussmeier is ready. They have some things to clean up and he knows it. Says they're going to take Jayden's situation day-by-day, but they're preparing for Garrett to be the starter as well.
- Felt Javien Toviano played solid. Said he was physical and on-body. For a first start on the road, he would say they were pleased with his performance. Also praised Ashton Stamps played well in his snaps.
- Says despite not having a chance to win the SEC West, he wants his team to rally and try to hit 10 wins again this season. Says it's about who you want to be. Thinks his team can be great, but says his team and staff are going to have to give more this week.
- He knew taking this job was going to be hard work. He knew it would take a little bit to rebuild this program. Says it's really hard to be elite and it takes time to build that culture. Says they lost 3 times to top-10 teams on the road, but he doesn't care, because to be elite you have to win those games.
- No other new injuries outside of Jayden Daniels this week.
- Says their offense is ahead of their defense and he needs the defense to catch up. Says they have to continue to build, recruit and coach to get the defense caught up. He feels the defense is making progress, even if it isn't at the rate they want it to.
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